METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ESTABLISHING CALL

• US 20150105056A1
• Filed: 12/18/2014
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Wang, Wenlin, Qiao, Zhongliang, Liu, Xinyu
• Application Number:
  US14/574,400
• Publication Number:
  US 20150105056A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/129 Details of providing call progress tones or announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Methods and devices for establishing a call are provided by embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes: receiving a call request sent from a user through a terminal device; determining push information corresponding to personalized information of the user; and sending the push information to the terminal device. The present disclosure is configured to send push information corresponding to personalized information to a user based on the personalized information of the user after the user initiates a call, thereby avoiding a waste of communication resources.

Claims

1. A method for establishing a call, comprising:

receiving a call request sent from a user through a terminal device;

determining push information corresponding to personalized information of the user; and

sending the push information to the terminal device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the push information corresponding to the personalized information of the user comprises:

acquiring the personalized information of the user; and

selecting the push information according to the acquired personalized information of the user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the personalized information of the user comprises:

geographical location information and/or type information of desired push information preset by the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein if a contact of a callee of the call request is a preset number, sending the push information to the terminal device comprises:

establishing a call with the terminal device; and

sending the push information to the terminal device during the call.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein after the push information is sent to the terminal device, the method further comprises:

stopping sending the push information to the terminal device upon receiving a request for terminating the call sent from the user through the terminal device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the push information to the terminal device comprises:

sending the push information to the terminal device as a ringback tone before receiving an indication of accepting the call request sent by the callee of the call request.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein after sending the push information to the terminal device, the method further comprises:

stopping sending the push information to the terminal device; and

establishing a call between the terminal device and the callee, upon receiving a connection response sent by the callee of the call request.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the push information comprises one or more types of audio information, picture information and video information.

9. A method for establishing a call to a call center, comprising:

sending personalized information of a user to the call center; and

receiving push information corresponding to the personalized information of the user sent from the call center after a call request is sent to the call center.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the personalized information of the user comprises:

geographical location information and type information of desired push information preset by the user.

11. A base station for establishing a call, comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory for storing instructions executable by the one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to perform;

receiving a call request sent from a user through a terminal device;

determining push information corresponding to personalized information of the user; and

sending the push information to the terminal device.

12. The base station of claim 11, wherein determining the push information corresponding to the personalized information of the user comprises:

acquiring the personalized information of the user; and

selecting the push information according to the acquired personalized information of the user.

13. The base station of claim 12, wherein the personalized information of the user comprises:

geographical location information and/or type information of desired push information preset by the user.

14. The base station of claim 11, wherein if a contact of a callee of the call request is a preset number, sending the push information to the terminal device comprises:

establishing a call with the terminal device; and

sending the push information to the terminal device during the call.

15. The base station of claim 14, wherein after the push information is sent to the terminal device, the one or more processors are configured to further perform:

stopping sending the push information to the terminal device upon receiving a request for terminating the call sent from the user through the terminal device.

16. The base station of claim 11, wherein sending the push information to the terminal device comprises:

sending the push information to the terminal device as a ringback tone before receiving an indication of accepting the call request sent by the callee of the call request.

17. The base station of claim 16, wherein after sending the push information to the terminal device, the one or more processors are configured to further perform:

stopping sending the push information to the terminal device; and

establishing a call between the terminal device and the callee, upon receiving a connection response sent by the callee of the call request.

18. The base station of claim 17, wherein the push information comprises one or more types of audio information, picture information and video information.